The Rocketeer: The Island issue 1 (2026)

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"Chapter One: Wing & a Prayer" Story by Dave Stevens Written by John Layman Art by Jacob Edgar Cover by Jacob Edgar & K.J. Díaz (CVR A) Dave Stevens (CVR B) Sean Murphy & Simon Gough (CVR C) Elizabeth Beals (CVR RI 1:25) Michael Dooney (CVR RI 1:50) Colors by K.J. Díaz Letters by John Layman Edits by Nicolas Niño Design by Sandy Tanaka

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"Chapter One: Wing & a Prayer" is the first issue of IDW Publishing's The Rocketeer: The Island. It was published on February 25, 2026.

Description

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Miniseries premiere! The Rocketeer returns to save Amelia Earhart in a brand-new story by creator Dave Stevens! The year is 1938, and Cliff Secord (A.K.A. the Rocketeer) is recruited to lead a search and rescue mission. The mission? Find Amelia Earhart! Considering a year has passed since the famous pilot went missing, the Rocketeer is hesitant at first—that is, until he learns the expedition is to the same island Betty ran off to with the scummy photographer Marco! The Rocketeer will have to uncover the secret of the century’s greatest mystery while trying to win back his girlfriend. But what else awaits him on the island? Beloved writer John Layman (Chew, Titans) and artistic powerhouse Jacob Edgar (Plastic Man: No More, The Ones) team up to tell the wildest Rocketeer story ever, based on a never-published outline by Rocketeer creator Dave Stevens!

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Plot

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Appearances

Monsters Flying creature (flashback) Skull Island residents (mentioned) Sea serpent (mentioned) King Kong (CVR A) Characters Cliff Secord / Rocketeer "Goose" Gander Ambrose "Peevy" Peabody Captain "Popeye" Segar Justin "Tintin" Martin Snowy Professor Alexandra Payne Betty Marcovitch Amelia Earhart (flashback) Nils Helstrom (mentioned indirectly)

Weapons, vehicles, and races Sikorsky F-23 Stratford Popeye's ship Biplanes (flashback) Locations United States Plattsburgh Air Field, New York Port of Los Angeles, California Sedgewich (flashback) Howland Island (mentioned) Skull Island New Guinea (map) Caroline Islands (map) Japan (mentioned) Europe (mentioned) Norway (mentioned)

Gallery

Covers

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  Cover A by Jacob Edgar, colored by K.J. Díaz
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  Cover B by Dave Stevens (recycled 1984 art)
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  Cover C by Sean Murphy, colored by Simon Gough
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  Cover D (blank sketch cover)
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  Cover RI (1:25) by Elizabeth Beals
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  Cover RI (1:50) by Michael Dooney

Scans

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  Popeye's first appearance
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  Tintin's first appearance

Trivia

• This issue was published the same day as Legendary Comics and DC Comics' Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2 #7.
• Atypically, Popeye and Tintin are given real names. Popeye's, Captain Segar, is inspired by his real-life creator E.C. Segar.
• Tintin tells the Rocketeer he heard about Skull Island from a Norwegian, referencing the original King Kong, in which Carl Denham was sold a map to the island by a Norwegian skipper.
• The creature spotted by Professor Payne is similar to the long-tailed pterosaurs which are often depicted attacking visitors to Skull Island in the King Kong of Skull Island franchise.

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